Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-22
WASHINGTON.
President and Mrs. Cleveland viii
Celebrate the First Anniversaryof
Their Marriage in Woodland.
twenty-five Internal Revenue Dis
tricts to be Consolidated with
OtherS-Texas Affected.
Secretary Lamar's Ruling Regarding Rail
way Indemnity Lands 70 Open an Inn
monse Tract 10 Settlement.
CLEvELAND's VACATION
Special to the Gazette.


Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May 2l.-President and
Mrs. Cleveland will spend the first ami
verssry OF their marriage, June >, sur
rounded by the idyllic simplicity of wood
land life. Both of them are exceedingly
fond OF the rustic life they had last sum
mer in the woods, and look forward to
their ten days sojourn with great COM
plscency. Mrs. Cleveland will take her
mountain trosseau, in which she made
such picturesque figure last summer,
and which consists mainly of 4 plain fan
mel dress, made up in loose and com
Portable but withel nstty style, stout
shoes and soft felt sombrero shaped
hat. This is NEST probably the
costume in which she will spend the Arst
anniversary of her wedding day II Mrs.
Folsom accompanies the party Mrs.
WEIGH will remain alone at Oakview.
Fishing tackle and alpenstocks are there
fore the appropriate presents to send into
the woods to the President and Mrs.
Cleveland in recognition of the passage
of the first year of their married life and
the celebration of it in the Arcadian sim
pllcity of the woods.
TEXANS.
Captain r. II. Bruce, Company E of the
Texas Rangers OF Mineola, is at VII
lard's.
Captain r. L. Robertson of TYLER is
also here. He is attached to the staff of
General Anger, the commander-in-chfef.
TEXAS PENSIONS.
Special to the Gazette.
WAsHN GToN, May 21.-The following
Texas pensions were awarded to-day:
Minor of Henry G. Whitaker, Sulphur
Springs; James D. Dickinson, Waco;
William Brown, Centre Point; Archi
bald Buie, Leonard; William ]. Bracke-
well, Fort Worth; Robert May, Gonzales.
CONSOLIDATING REVENUE DISTRICTS.
WASHINGTON, May 2l.-The President
to-day issued an order changing and CON
solidating g number OF internal revenue
districts throughout the country. Among
the changes the First District OF Texas IS
with the Third District.
Under this order of reorganization
the following districts will be abolished
and collectors retired from service: The
District OF Nevada, the District of Rhode
Island, the Second District of Illinois.
the Fourth District of Iowa, the Fourth
District of Illinois, the Eleventh District
of Indiana, the District of Della
wsre, the Tenth District of
Massachusetts, the District of Mississippi,
the Fourth District of Missouri, the
District of Maine, the District of Yer
mont, the Third District of New
Jersey, the Fifteenth District of |
New York, the Sixth District of North |
Carolina, the Sixth District of Ohio, the |
District of Pennsylvania, the |
Twenty second District Of PENNSYLVANIA.
the First District of Texas, the Fourth |
District of Virginia, the Third District of |
Wisconsin, the Sixth District of Wis
cOnsin, in eli twenty-five districts.
Commissioner Miller says the arrange
nent of the districts will not in any way
interfere with the convenience of tax-pay-
srs and will save to the government more
han 100000 annually. It is said to be
he intention to require such collectors
Is are now occupying rented offices to
'emove to government buildings
n all cases where it is practicable, and it
: sl5o probable that other changes will
re made which will insure still greater
economy aud efficiency in the manage
nent of this branch of the government
ervce. The order of consolidation was
arefully considered and was agreed upon
" the President, the Secretary Of the
Treasury and Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue
TO RE OPENED TO SETTLEMENT
WASHIN GrON, May 2i.-Land Com
missioner Sparks to-day, in speaking of
secretary Lamar's purpose to revoke the
riders of withdrawal of railroad indem-
ity lands, mace by his predecessors from
ime TO time since 1850, expressed the
plniOn that the revocation will result
i 25, 1000, 900 sores Of land being thrown
pen 70 settlement and entry. The rail-
Dads which, it is said, will be most
nected, aud The states, territories and
lcalities in which they are located are
ive in the order of the interests involved
g follows: Northern Pacific in Montana, ,
'akote, Washington Territory, Idaho and {
'regon; the Atlantic and Pacific in New i
leXicO west of the Rio Grande and Ari- '
ona; the Southern Pacific in southern {
alifOrnia, California and Oregon from 7
oseviile Junction near Sacramento in /
alifornia to the Oregon line; the Oregon S
nd California from Portland to the Cali I
)rnia lire